ART. 39] CHESAPEAKE BAT. 311
sale, or any boat or vessel used in the prosecution of said fishing,
of pound nets, fykes, haul seines, or other contrivances in the
taking or catching of fish for sale. "
1896, ch. 441.
93. The comptroller of the treasury shall cause to be printed
and delivered to the clerk of the circuit courts for the several
counties the requisite number of such blank licenses, and take
receipt for the same, and for other licenses furnished; and said
clerks shall, on the first Monday in July and December, of each
year, return to the comptroller a list and account of such
licenses issued by them, and at the end of each year shall return
all unused blank licenses to him, and shall pay over to the
comptroller all the moneys received by them for such license,
which amount the said comptroller shall place to the credit of
the "Oyster Fund. "
Ibid.
94. It shall not be lawful for any person in taking fish for
sale by the use of pound nets, fykes or other contrivances, now
known or hereafter invented, to set such pound nets, fyke nets
or other contrivances, now known or hereafter invented, in
waters of the Chesapeake bay, within the jurisdictional limits of
the State of Maryland, and below Pool's island, in the Chesa-
peake bay, at a greater length than 800 yards from low water
mark; and any person violating this section shall, upon convic-
tion thereof, before some justice of the peace of any county of
this State most accessible, be fined the sum of not less than twenty
or more than one hundred dollars, or shall forfeit said net or nets,
together with the boats and tackles used in the violation of sec-
tions 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, of this article, or be subject
to both fine and forfeiture, in the discretion of the justice of the
peace trying the same; provided, that the party feeling aggrieved
shall have the right of appeal as in other cases tried before
justices of the peace; and provided further, that in case of
appeal, the person appealing shall give to the State of Maryland
a good and sufficient bond, covering double the amount of the
fine or forfeiture, in case of forfeit, so as to secure to the State
the amount of fine and forfeiture, in case he does not prosecute
his appeal with effect.
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